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The authors are retracting this article [1] because they do not have ownership of the data they report. A formal investigation by Tohoku University has concluded that the data reported in this article are the sole property of Tohoku University and have been reported in Bai et al. [2]. All authors agree with this retraction.
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Guo, Yj., Zhang, B., Feng, Xs. et al. Retraction Note: Human cathelicidin LL-37 enhance the antibiofilm effect of EGCG on Streptococcus mutans. BMC Oral Health 17, 102 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12903-017-0392-3
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